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Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, Idaho State Legislature

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The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee is a standing committee of the Idaho Legislature.

Per the Joint Senate and House Rules, joint committees are led by the chairperson of the Senate committee. In the absence of the Senate chair, the House chairperson leads a joint committee meeting.[1] Committee members are appointed by their respective chamber leadership. Quorum is not defined in the rules.

DocumentIcon.jpg See rules: Joint Senate and House Rules

Function

“ The joint legislative oversight committee shall have the following powers:
  1. To direct the director of legislative performance evaluations in accordance with section 67-461, Idaho Code, to review the performance of any state agency or program and to prepare reports for submission to the joint legislative oversight committee.
  2. To contract with private individuals or entities for the conduct of performance evaluations or portions thereof.
  3. To examine witnesses, to require the appearance of any person and the production of papers or records, including books, accounts, documents, computer records, and other materials, and to order the appearance of any person for the purpose of producing papers or records, including books, accounts, documents, computer records, and other materials, as is provided other legislative committees.
  4. To administer oaths to witnesses appearing before the committee when, by a majority vote, the committee deems the administration of an oath necessary and advisable as provided by law.
  5. To determine that a witness has perjured himself by testifying falsely before the committee, and to direct the attorney general to institute legal proceedings as provided by law.
  6. To conduct meetings at such times as the cochairmen deem necessary.
  7. To issue subpoenas upon the signature of either of the cochairmen; provided that the district court in and for the county in which any inquiry, evaluation, investigation, hearing or proceeding may take place shall have the power to compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or the refusal to testify or produce papers or records, including books, accounts, documents, computer records, and other materials, in court.[2][3]
 ”

Membership

2025-2026 legislative session

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, 2025-2026
Democratic members (4) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

2023-2024 legislative session

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (2) Republican members (6) Third-party members(0)

2021-2022 legislative session

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (4) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

2019-2020 legislative session

Joint Legislative Oversight Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (3) Republican members (4) Third-party members(0)

Mathew Erpelding (D, Co-chair) left this committee on December 06, 2019.

“ There is hereby created the joint legislative oversight committee which shall be appointed as follows: the president pro tempore of the senate shall appoint majority party members of the senate, the senate minority leader shall appoint minority party members of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint majority party members of the house of representatives and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint minority party members of the house of representatives.[4][3] ”

2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Joint Legislative Oversight Members, 2017
Democratic members (4)Republican members (4)
• Mathew Erpelding, Chair• Clifford Bayer, Chair
• Michelle Stennett• Mark Harris
• Cherie Buckner-Webb• Maxine Bell
• Elaine Smith• Caroline Nilsson Troy

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

2013-2014

The following tables describe committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Senate

House

2011-2012

The following tables describe committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.

Senate

House

2009-2010

The following tables describe committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.

House

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Idaho State Legislature, "Joint Senate and House Rules," accessed February 24, 2021
  2. ↑ Idaho State Legislature, "Idaho Statutes," accessed February 23, 2021(Statute 67-460)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Idaho State Legislature, "Idaho Statutes," accessed January 28, 2014(Statute 67-437)


Current members of the Idaho State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Lori Den Hartog
Minority Leader:Melissa Wintrow
Senators
District 1
District 2
Phil Hart (R)
District 3
District 4
Ben Toews (R)
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
Ben Adams (R)
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
Josh Kohl (R)
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
Republican Party (29)
Democratic Party (6)



Current members of the Idaho House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Mike Moyle
Majority Leader:Jason Monks
Representatives
District 1A
District 1B
District 2A
District 2B
District 3A
District 3B
District 4A
District 4B
District 5A
District 5B
District 6A
District 6B
District 7A
District 7B
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District 8B
District 9A
District 9B
District 10A
District 10B
District 11A
District 11B
District 12A
District 12B
District 13A
District 13B
District 14A
Ted Hill (R)
District 14B
District 15A
District 15B
District 16A
District 16B
District 17A
District 17B
District 18A
District 18B
District 19A
District 19B
District 20A
District 20B
District 21A
District 21B
District 22A
District 22B
District 23A
District 23B
District 24A
District 24B
District 25A
District 25B
District 26A
District 26B
District 27A
District 27B
District 28A
District 28B
District 29A
District 29B
District 30A
District 30B
District 31A
District 31B
District 32A
District 32B
District 33A
District 33B
District 34A
Jon Weber (R)
District 34B
District 35A
Vacant
District 35B
Republican Party (60)
Democratic Party (9)
Vacancies (1)

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